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he Fair Schools Act seeks to amend the
existing education code’s nondiscrimina
tion law to include sexual orientation. This
would help ensure all students are treated fairly
in Oregon schools. In these times of school vio
lence, intimidation and rising youth suicide
rates, it’s a basic issue of fairness that none of us
concerned about our children’s safety can
afford to ignore.
Thousands of young people experience some
fonn of harassment in Oregon schools each year
because of some perceived difference such as
race, physical ability, gender or sexual orienta
tion. There is a law that prohibits discrimina
tion for all of these forms of harassment and vio
lence. It sends a clear message that no form of
harassment should be tolerated in our schools.
Oregon schools should be safe and wel
coming institutions in which all youth are
able to grow and learn without fear. Accord
ing to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, anti-gay harassment puts students
at greater risk for skipping school and drug
and alcohol abuse.
The governor’s Youth Suicide Task Force
found that school-based harassment was a sig
nificant contributor to suicidal thoughts and
actions. In fact, youth suicide in Oregon is the
second-leading cause of death among those
between 10 and 24 years old and the leading
cause of death for youth who are gay or lesbian.
Students who are harassed at school are three
times more likely to attempt suicide than non-
harassed peers.
Public schools have a responsibility to all
our children to ensure their safety and to
teach them the value of respect. We must
(503) 248-951 I
Hours: Mon-Sat 10-0. Sunday 12-5
my J. Gerver, Our House
of Portland development
director, was killed in a rafting
accident May 5 on the South
Fork of the Boise River in
Idaho. She was 41.
She was bom Feb. 28, 1960.
She moved to Portland in 1992.
Before coming to Our
House three years ago, Gerver
worked for Meier & Frank and
Loaves & Fishes. Co-workers
described her as a dynamic
political activist with a wicked
sense of humor.
“This tragic and shocking
news affects so many people in
a multitude of ways,” volunteer
director Kathryn Siebert wrote
in a letter to supporters May 8.
“Amy was an integral part of the Our House
family— a force to be reckoned with and an
extraordinarily good fund-raiser. She had just
coordinated a most successful auction not two
weeks before her death, an event that is our
biggest annual fund-raiser and raised
$ 124,OCX) this year. In the next few days, you
will be receiving a solicitation letter that
Amy co-authored with one of our residents. It
is a powerful, beautifully written letter that
now proves to be her ‘swan song’ in her role
at Our House.”
She had a passion for traditional witchcraft,
animals, Irish dance and white-water rafting. “I
find some small comfort in knowing that she
died doing something that she loved so much,”
Siebert said.
Gerver was a longtime member of the Port
land Area Business Association, Willamette
Valley Development Organization and Feral
Cat Coalition. She also volunteered for Oregon
Public Broadcasting.
“She had more integrity than anybody I ever
met,” friend Leslie Zemenek said. “She just dug
into life; she just embraced it.”
Gerver is survived by her brother, Grant of
Flagstaff, Ariz., and parents, Carole and Spike of
Los Angeles.
A funeral was held May 10 in Los Angeles,
a soul release ritual was held May 15 at a pri
vate residence, and a celebration of life was
held May 16 at Our House. Remembrances
may be made to Our House and the Feral Cat
Coalition.
Reggie Cano, 1956-2001
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ortland resident Reginald Kiapo Cano died
May 12. He was 45.
He was bom March 27, 1956, in Oahu,
Hawaii. He moved to Portland 28 years ago.
Cano worked as a stylist at Broadway Hair
and Tan Salon. He was also a member of the
Pentecostal Church.
He was a female impersonator at
Darcelle XV for eight years during the 1980s.
He was voted Debutante IX (1981-82) and
Miss Gay Portland XIII (1984-85).
Cano was preceded in death by his sister,
Cinderella K. Davis, in 1992; brother, Frank,
in 2000; and mother, Myma, in 1999. He is
survived by his partner, David Alan Smoot;
siblings, Kenona R. Anderson, Patricia L.
McAneney, Jeanette L. Loomis, Alexander
Gasper, Dolores “Lani”. Manuel, Donna Mae
Kamana, William Hoolhuli, Debra N. Gayle,
Angela Baker, Edwina Kahikina, Edward Kau-
lia and Kalani Kaulia; and grandmother,
Annie Wright.
A gathering of family and friends will he
held from 1 to 6 p.m. May 19 at 7315 S.E.
Sherrett St. Final disposition will be by cre
mation; his remains will be scattered in
Hawaii. Remembrances may be made to the
Oregon Humane Society. Killingsworth Little
Chapel of the Chim es is handling the
arrangements.
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